LOS ANGELES DODGERS (56-43) at NEW YORK METS (50-48) 1. RHP Zack Greinke (9-2, 1.30) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (10-6, 2.18) Sunday, July 26, 2015 | 1:10 p.m. ET | Citi Field | Queens, NY Game 100 | Road Game 50 (23-26) | Day Game 26 (15-10) TV: SNLA/TBS | Radio: AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM WE’RE HEADING HOME!: The Dodgers today try to secure a MATCHUP vs. METS winning road trip as they wrap up their 10-game NL East road trip (5- Dodgers: 1st, NL West (2.0 GA) Mets: 2nd, NL East (3.0 GB) 4) with the final contest of a four-game series against the New York All-Time: LA leads series, 326-264-1 (12-9 at Citi Field) Mets. The Dodgers took two of three from the first-place Nationals 2015: Series tied, 3-3, (2-1 at Citi Field) July 3 @LA: L, 1-2 W: Rosales L: Jansen S:Familia and then dropped two of three to the Atlanta Braves on the first two July 4 @LA: W, 4-3 W: Greinke L: Harvey S: Howell stops of the trip. Following this series, the club returns home for an off July 5 @LA: L, 0-8 W: Matz L: Bolsinger day tomorrow, before beginning a five-game homestand against the July 23 @NYM: W, 3-0 W: KERSHAW L: Colon Oakland A’s and L.A. Angels on Tuesday. July 24 @NYM: W, 7-2 W: Thomas L: Niese July 25 @NYM: L, 2-15 W: Harvey L: Lee The Dodgers have taken nine of their last 12 games at Citi SLEEP WHEN YOU’RE DEAD: Dodger All-Star hurler Zack Field, dating to 2012, but still need a victory this afternoon to Greinke was removed from the paternity list today and will make his take the season series with the Mets for the fourth 20th start of 2015 this afternoon, just a few days after witnessing the consecutive season. birth of his baby boy, Bode. Greinke comes into this afternoon’s game The Dodgers’ 90-52 record (.634) in the second half of the boasting a Major League-best 1.30 ERA and one of the longest scoreless-innings streaks in Major League history: season since 2013 is the best in baseball. Longest Scoreless Streaks in MLB History (Since 1961) The Dodgers hold a 2.0-game lead over the Giants in the NL West, their smallest lead since being up 1.5 games after play Orel Hershiser 59.0 Aug. 30-Sept. 28, 1988 on June 30. Don Drysdale 58.0 May 14- June 8, 1968 With a victory today in New York, the Dodgers will win Bob Gibson 47.0 June 2-26, 1968* their fourth consecutive series at Citi Field and improve to Zack Greinke 43.2 June 18-current 18-10-5 in their 33 series this season. Brandon Webb 42.0 July 20-Aug. 17, 2007 Clayton Kershaw 41.0 June 13-July 10, 2104 Following the game last night, the club optioned right- Luis Tiant 41.0 April 28-May 17, 1968 handed relievers Josh Ravin and Chin-hui Tsao to Triple- A. Corresponding moves will be made later today. *Gibson’s streak ended when Dodger left fielder Len Gabrielson scored on a two-out wild pitch in the first inning at Dodger LOCKED IN: Dodger third baseman Justin Turner went 0-for-2 last Stadium on July 1, 1968. night, but is still hitting .500 (13-for-26) in his last seven contests. Turner leads the club with a .349 July average. Greinke’s streak is the longest in MLB since Hershiser’s record setter in 1988. His 1.30 ERA is the lowest in the bigs Since joining the Dodgers last season, Turner is hitting .333, through 19 starts since Bob Gibson’s 1.06 in 1968. which is the best average in Major League Baseball during that time (min. 500 AB). Jose Altuve ranks second with a Greinke has a chance to set the modern era record today by .328 average since the start of 2014. tossing a seventh consecutive scoreless start. He shares the current mark of six with Hershiser and Drysdale. The Dodgers lead the National League with 124 homers and 336 walks, while ranking second in on-base percentage In addition to leading the Majors in ERA, Greinke also leads (.329) and slugging percentage (428.) all of baseball in opponents’ batting average (.187) and WHIP (0.82) while his 131.1 IP is tied for third in the NL. THE WILEY VETERAN: Dodger shortstop Jimmy Rollins homered in his third consecutive game last night, his 11th of the The Dodgers and Mets have both received plenty of quality season. The last time Rollins homered in three consecutive games efforts from their starting pitchers all year: played was June 21-24, 2012. The California native has never MLB, Most Quality Starts, 2015 homered in four games in a row. Rollins leads active players and ranks third all-time in hits against the Mets with 281, eight behind Lou St. Louis Cardinals 65 Brock for second. New York Mets 63 Pittsburgh Pirates 62 A SPECIAL DAY: On this date in 1998, Dodger Spanish language Los Angeles Dodgers 59 broadcaster Jaime Jarrín entered the broadcast wing of the National Source: Stats, LLC Baseball Hall of Fame alongside fellow 1998 inductee and Dodger pitcher Don Sutton. Jaime, who is in his 57th season with the Dodgers, THE BIG MAN IN THE BACK: Dodger closer Kenley Jansen calls all the games on KTNQ 1020 AM alongside his son, Jorge. leads all big league relievers with a 0.63 WHIP. Jansen has fanned 43 batters in 23.2 innings this season, averaging a whopping 16.35 Congrats to four legends on their induction into the National strikeouts per nine innings. In his career, Jansen has averaged 14.19 Baseball Hall of Fame as Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Ks per nine innings which ranks third all-time, behind Aroldis Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz will take their rightful place Chapman (15.41) and Craig Kimbrel (14.60). in the annals of baseball this afternoon. More than 50 Hall of Famers are scheduled to be in Cooperstown, including After a scoreless frame last night, Dodger left-handed Dodger greats Sandy Koufax and Tommy Lasorda and reliever J.P. Howell leads the Major Leagues with a 0.31 Dodger President and CEO Stan Kasten. The induction ERA (min. 20.0 IP) and has not given up an earned run in 35 ceremony is live on MLB Network at 1:30 p.m. ET. outings since April 14, a span of 27.0 innings pitched. Howell has tossed scoreless relief in 21 consecutive games CO-PITCHER OF THE MONTH?: Dodger starters Clayton (16.2 IP) since June 1. Kershaw and Zack Greinke will each make at least one more start this month and the numbers they have put up in July are astounding. THE MVP WANTS YOU!: On Thursday, July 30, Clayton and Kershaw is 3-0 with a 0.27 ERA (1 ER/33.0 IP) and 45 strikeouts (2 Ellen Kershaw will host the 3rd Annual PingPong4Purpose celebrity BB) while limiting hitters to a .162 average. Greinke is 3-0 while charity event on the field at Dodger Stadium. Proceeds will benefit firing 23.0 scoreless innings, fanning 23 and walking just one. Batters Kershaw’s Challenge, a non-profit foundation which works to are hitting just .105 against him this month. The duo has a combined transform at-risk communities and the lives of children in L.A., 0.16 ERA (1 ER/55.0 IP) in July and the record for lowest ERA by a Dallas, Dominican Republic and Zambia, Africa. Limited tickets and pair of teammates in a single month is 0.49, set by Orel Hershiser and sponsorship packages remain. For more info, visit Tim Belcher in September 1988. SOURCE: Elias www.kershawschallenge.com/pp4p. UPCOMING SCHEDULE (All Times PT) Date/Time/Opponent Probable Pitchers TV/Radio Tues., July 28 7:10 p.m. vs. OAK RHP Sonny Gray (10-4, 2.30) vs. LHP Brett Anderson (5-5, 3.33) SNLA/AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM Wed., July 29 7:10 p.m. vs. OAK LHP Drew Pomeranz (4-3, 3.77) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (8-6, 2.51) SNLA/AM 570/KTNQ 1020 AM Today’s starter at New York-NL: RHP Zack Greinke (9-2, 1.30 ERA) YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO 2004 KANSAS CITY 8-11 3.97 24 24 0 0 145.0 143 64 64 26 26 100 2005 KANSAS CITY 5-17 5.80 33 33 2 0 183.0 233 125 118 23 53 114 2006 KANSAS CITY 1-0 4.26 3 0 0 0 6.1 7 3 3 1 3 5 2007 KANSAS CITY 7-7 3.69 52 14 0 0 122.0 122 52 50 12 36 106 2008 KANSAS CITY 13-10 3.47 32 32 1 0 202.1 202 87 78 21 56 183 2009 KANSAS CITY 16-8 2.16 33 33 6 3 229.1 195 64 55 11 51 242 2010 KANSAS CITY 10-14 4.17 33 33 3 0 220.0 219 114 102 18 55 181 2011 MILWAUKEE 16-6 3.83 28 28 0 0 171.2 161 82 73 19 45 201 2012 MILWAUKEE 9-3 3.44 21 21 0 0 123.0 120 49 47 7 28 122 LA ANGELS 6-2 3.53 13 13 0 0 89.1 80 35 35 11 26 78 2013 LOS ANGELES 15-4 2.63 28 28 1 1 177.2 152 54 52 13 46 148 2014 LOS ANGELES 17-8 2.71 32 32 0 0 202.1 190 69 61 19 43 207 2015 LOS ANGELES 9-2 1.30 19 19 1 0 131.1 87 20 19 7 21 117 Totals (12 Years) 132-92 3.40 351 310 14 4 2003.1 1911 818 757 188 489 1804 NOTES: GREINKE’S 2015 STARTS Last pitched Sunday in Washington, allowing just three hits over 8.0 scoreless Date Opp Score Dec IP H R/ER BB SO TP Score @ Removal innings, picking up the win in a Dodgers’ 4/7 SD L, 3-7 ND 6.0 2 1/1 1 4 94 2-1 5-0 victory…struck out a season-high 11 4/12 @ARI W, 7-4 W 7.0 5 0/0 0 7 102 5-0 against only one walk on 119 pitches 4/18 COL W, 6-3 W 6.2 5 3/3 1 3 103 4-3 Extended his scoreless streak to 43.2 4/24 @SD W, 3-0 W 7.0 4 0/0 3 7 106 2-0 innings, the longest for any MLB 4/29 SF W, 7-3 W 6.0 7 3/3 2 6 110 7-3 pitcher since Orel Hershiser's record of 5/5 @MIL W, 8-2 W 7.2 2 1/0 2 7 103 7-1 59 consecutive shutout innings in 1988.